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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action


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You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.

You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.



Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.



When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.

When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.



It is not by telling people about ourselves that we demonstrate our Christianity. Words are cheap. It is by costly, self-denying Christian practice that we show the reality of our faith.

It is not by telling people about ourselves that we demonstrate our Christianity. Words are cheap. It is by costly, self-denying Christian practice that we show the reality of our faith.



How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?

How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?



Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.

Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.



Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.

Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.



The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.

The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.



He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.

He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.



Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.

Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.





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I started with small-press publishers, who were willing to publish all sorts of forms. I didn't move to the larger presses until they knew what they were getting in for.

I started with small-press publishers, who were willing to publish all sorts of forms. I didn't move to the larger presses until they knew what they were getting in for.



All you need is your own imagination. So use it that's what it's for.

All you need is your own imagination. So use it that's what it's for.



Faith no doubt moves mountains, but not necessarily to where we want them.

Faith no doubt moves mountains, but not necessarily to where we want them.



I knew you'd come,Claire.I knew you would.Dear God,you took your time.

I knew you'd come,Claire.I knew you would.Dear God,you took your time.



Man can be literally transformed by his own repentance and by God's gift of forgiveness.

Man can be literally transformed by his own repentance and by God's gift of forgiveness.



I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions.

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